Korean movie of the week "A Perfect Way to Steal a Dog"2015/11/19, Source,
Korean movie of the week "A Perfect Way to Steal a Dog" (2014) Directed by Kim Seong-ho With Lee Re, Lee Ji-won-I, Hong Eun-taek, Kim Hye-ja, Choi Min-soo, Kang Hye-jeong,... Synopsis A modern-time fairy tale glowing with wits, reality and heartwarming feelings. Ji-so is a 10-year old living with her mom and a little brother, Ji-seok, in a pizza truck. With her dad out of contact after their pizza truck business went bankrupt and her mom lacking a sense of reality, Ji-so and her friend, Chae-rang, decide to get a house on their own. They naively believe five thousand dollars can buy a house and Ji-so finds a missing dog poster with a five thousand dollar reward. Now, their scheme is to find a rich dog, steal it and then return it back to its owner by pretending to have found it,...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] "A Perfect Way to Steal a Dog"2015/01/10,
From a literal perspective, "A Perfect Way to Steal a Dog" is just a kid's heist movie. What's surprising and particularly joyful about the product is the way it works very serious personal and societal issues into this simple concept, creating a complex tapestry that puts most similarly minded adult films to shame. Usually the ragtag band of thieves is just interested in using their ill-gotten cash to buy shiny baubles. By contrast, Ji-so (played by Lee Re) wants a home, so she doesn't have to live in her mom's car like a homeless person,...More

[HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.01.02 ~ 2015.01.042015/01/05, Local drama starts the year out right…
The first week of the new year saw JK Youn's "Ode to My Father" retain pole position, making it three weeks in a row for this touching war drama. The film, which depicts modern Korean history through a story of a Korean War refugee and his fragmented family, easily topped the table with 1.6M admissions (42.2%) and so advanced its total tally now to 7M ($54.4M). It survived the Christmas crowds with cheer, and has managed to carrying itself profitably into the New Year,...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] "Horror Stories 2"2013/06/14,
In "Horror Stories 2" we're treated to a small collection of horror movies. They don't really have anything to do with each other, thematically or otherwise. There's not much point getting attached to any of the characters, since relatively few of them survive beyond their original thirty-minute runtimes. And even the ones that do we never see them again. So, all that's left is to judge this movie as the sum of its parts.
The first story, The Cliff, brings horror to a rather mundane level as two friends run into trouble on a mountain. The prominent use of a Snickers bar is troublesome,...More

NAFF 2011 Announces 23 Projects2011/06/02, Source, by Serah Seunghee LEE / Jun 02, 2011
The 4th Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF), to be held at Koryo Hotel from July 17 to 20, 2011, announced today its It Project selection. Consisting of 18 outstanding film projects from 8 territories, including China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and USA, these official selections were chosen from a competitive field of 78 entries from 19 countries,...More

Italy was once again awash with Korean colours at the 9th Florence Korean Film Festival.
This year the festival was able to secure a veritable whose who of Korean directors including Bong Joon-ho (,...More

Chuseok: prime time for couch potatoes2010/09/14, Source, Chuseok is the time for migrating home en masse, or for couch potatos and film buffs, the perfect chance to camp out in front of the screen. A couple of date movies open the autumn lineup for the box,...More

Jeonju festival announces lineup 2010/04/02, Source, The 11th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), the nation's second-largest film fest, is to run April 29 – May 7, opening with Should've Kissed, the feature debut by PARK Jin-oh. A total of 209 films from 49 countries will screen, of which 131 are features.

Florence Korean Film Fest opens in Italy2010/03/18, Source, The city of Florence in Italy is currently playing host to 30 Korean films. The eighth edition of the Florence Korean Film Festival takes place this year from March 12-20. The festival, supported by various local groups, KOFIC and the Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism, shows mostly European an,...More

No Wave, just a Korean breeze in Poland2008/04/28, Source, The Korean Wave has been spreading Korean pop culture across Asia and beyond for more than a decade, although it has barely reached Poland, in the centre of Europe. It is sad to admit, but Korean culture (traditional as well as the "new wave") does not exist in Polish minds as a distinctive identity,...More

Although no Korean films will compete in the festival's main competition section for first and second films, the short film Waiting will p,...More

In Cinemas This Weekend2007/11/09, Source, And finally tonight let's see what's new at the movies this week.
Looks like it's a good mix of Korean and foreign productions with one for fans of Tom Cruise and Robert Redford and Taiwanese director Ang Lee.
Lee Jeewon has our preview.
We begin with an omnibus film from Korea.
Composed of thre,...More

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